working-class
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(s) of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
- "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
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(s) working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
- working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor
Nouns
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(n) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field